The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the South West region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 92 131 105
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -26
Contract jobs citing VBScript 16 5 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.793% 0.155% 0.601%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.216% 0.408% 1.712%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 8
Average daily rate £425 £301 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.07% -12.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £250 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £352 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+20.68% +38.09%
All Programming Languages
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
722 1225 993
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 35.80% 37.87% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 707 454
Average daily rate £326 £375 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.00% +20.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 75 91
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.96% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £16.70 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £46.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VBScript
England

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VBScript across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South West VBScript Jobs Demand Trend

VBScript
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VBScript across the South West region.

South West VBScript Daily Rate Trend

VBScript
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBScript across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West VBScript Daily Rate Histogram

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VBScript across the South West region.

South West VBScript Hourly Rate Trend

VBScript
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBScript within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Somerset - 5 £458 -
Wiltshire - 3 £475 -
Bristol +15 2 £313 +31.57%
Gloucestershire +29 1 - -
Dorset 0 1 £415 -
Devon - 1 £350 -
VBScript
England

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing VBScript also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VBScript.

1 25 (73.53%) VB
2 16 (47.06%) Windows
2 16 (47.06%) Microsoft
3 13 (38.24%) SQL
3 13 (38.24%) SCOM
4 12 (35.29%) MOM
5 11 (32.35%) Finance
6 10 (29.41%) C#
6 10 (29.41%) .NET
6 10 (29.41%) SharePoint
6 10 (29.41%) PowerShell
6 10 (29.41%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (26.47%) UML
7 9 (26.47%) .NET Framework
8 8 (23.53%) Windows 7
9 7 (20.59%) SC Cleared
9 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
9 7 (20.59%) CSS
9 7 (20.59%) ASP
9 7 (20.59%) HTML
9 7 (20.59%) JavaScript
10 6 (17.65%) C
10 6 (17.65%) XML
10 6 (17.65%) XSL
10 6 (17.65%) ITIL
10 6 (17.65%) Visual Studio
10 6 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (17.65%) VB6
11 5 (14.71%) WMI
11 5 (14.71%) ISO/IEC 27001

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing VBScript also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VBScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (29.41%) .NET
2 9 (26.47%) .NET Framework
3 7 (20.59%) CSS
3 7 (20.59%) ASP
3 7 (20.59%) HTML
4 6 (17.65%) XML
4 6 (17.65%) XSL
5 5 (14.71%) ASP.NET
6 4 (11.76%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (8.824%) Application Packaging
7 3 (8.824%) WCF
7 3 (8.824%) WPF
7 3 (8.824%) WF
8 2 (5.882%) Web Services
9 1 (2.941%) Flash
9 1 (2.941%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 10 (29.41%) SharePoint
2 4 (11.76%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (2.941%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (2.941%) Joomla!
4 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.941%) Commerce Server
4 1 (2.941%) MS Exchange
4 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (2.941%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.824%) Visualfiles
2 1 (2.941%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.882%) FTP
1 2 (5.882%) SAN
2 1 (2.941%) Intranet
2 1 (2.941%) DNS
2 1 (2.941%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.824%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (8.824%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.941%) MySQL
3 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Visual Studio
2 4 (11.76%) InstallShield
2 4 (11.76%) Subversion
3 3 (8.824%) AdminStudio
4 1 (2.941%) FrontPage
4 1 (2.941%) NUnit
4 1 (2.941%) MSI
4 1 (2.941%) TestDirector
4 1 (2.941%) LoadRunner
4 1 (2.941%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (2.941%) TeamCity
4 1 (2.941%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.941%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.941%) MSTest
General
1 11 (32.35%) Finance
2 3 (8.824%) Local Government
2 3 (8.824%) Retail
2 3 (8.824%) Legal
3 2 (5.882%) Banking
4 1 (2.941%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.941%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Consultant
2 5 (14.71%) Technical Consultant
3 4 (11.76%) Developer
3 4 (11.76%) Programmer
4 3 (8.824%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (8.824%) C# Developer
4 3 (8.824%) ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (8.824%) Analyst
4 3 (8.824%) ASP.NET Programmer
4 3 (8.824%) C# Programmer
5 2 (5.882%) Support Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) Applications Packager
5 2 (5.882%) Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) Applications Support
6 1 (2.941%) QA Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) QA Test Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) Security Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Citrix Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Applications Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.882%) EPoS
1 2 (5.882%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.882%) Clustering
2 1 (2.941%) PKI
2 1 (2.941%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.941%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 16 (47.06%) Windows
2 10 (29.41%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (23.53%) Windows 7
4 6 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.941%) Linux
5 1 (2.941%) Windows 2000
5 1 (2.941%) UNIX
5 1 (2.941%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.941%) Windows 8
5 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) UML
2 6 (17.65%) ITIL
3 5 (14.71%) RAD
3 5 (14.71%) Waterfall
4 4 (11.76%) Performance Management
4 4 (11.76%) PRINCE2
4 4 (11.76%) Service Management
4 4 (11.76%) ITSM
4 4 (11.76%) Data Security
4 4 (11.76%) MVC
5 3 (8.824%) TOGAF
5 3 (8.824%) Incident Management
5 3 (8.824%) Pair Programming
5 3 (8.824%) Migration
5 3 (8.824%) Change Management
5 3 (8.824%) SOA
6 2 (5.882%) Analytics
6 2 (5.882%) Time Management
6 2 (5.882%) E-Commerce
6 2 (5.882%) Mobile Commerce
Programming Languages
1 25 (73.53%) VB
2 13 (38.24%) SQL
3 10 (29.41%) C#
3 10 (29.41%) PowerShell
4 7 (20.59%) JavaScript
5 6 (17.65%) C
5 6 (17.65%) VB6
6 4 (11.76%) Java
7 1 (2.941%) PHP
7 1 (2.941%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.941%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) SC Cleared
1 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 4 (11.76%) MCSD
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (11.76%) ISEB
2 4 (11.76%) ISEB Practitioner
3 2 (5.882%) Degree
4 1 (2.941%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (14.71%) ISO 9000
2 4 (11.76%) TickIT
3 3 (8.824%) COBIT
4 1 (2.941%) QA
4 1 (2.941%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (8.824%) VMware Workstation
1 3 (8.824%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.882%) XenApp
2 2 (5.882%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (2.941%) VMware ESX
3 1 (2.941%) vSphere
3 1 (2.941%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (38.24%) SCOM
2 12 (35.29%) MOM
3 5 (14.71%) WMI
3 5 (14.71%) SCCM
4 3 (8.824%) AppDNA
5 1 (2.941%) NetBackup
5 1 (2.941%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 1 (2.941%) ZENworks
5 1 (2.941%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (2.941%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 16 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) Oracle
2 4 (11.76%) VMware
3 2 (5.882%) HP
3 2 (5.882%) Compuware
3 2 (5.882%) Citrix
3 2 (5.882%) ATG
3 2 (5.882%) EMC
4 1 (2.941%) Wyse
4 1 (2.941%) Sophos
4 1 (2.941%) Novell
4 1 (2.941%) Dell